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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle411 viewsA RAILROAD FROM ABINGDON, VA. LINKING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES WAS STARTED IN THE 1880s. BY 1918 IT RAN FROM ABINGDON TO ELKLAND, N. C. WHICH IS NOW CALLED TODD. DAMASCUS, TAYLOR'S VALLEY, GREEN COVE AND WHITE TOP WERE AMONG THE STOPS ON IT'S ROUTE. THERE WERE 100 TRESTLES AND BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE.
THE VIRGINIA CREEPER WAS STEAM POWERED AND HAULED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY N&W IN 1956 WITH A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. IT CONTINUED IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 31, 1977 WHEN THE LAST TRAIN RAN. THE ROADBED HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A VERY POPULAR HIKING-BIKING TRAIL. PICTURED IS THE TRESTLE AT THE HEADWATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE WHERE THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OFTHE HOLSTON RIVER MEET. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Tumbling Creek - Clinch Mountain404 viewsClinch Mountains from gap south of Beartown Mountain. Distant sharp peak is Whiterock; high ridge at right is Redrock with dip slope of Clinch sandstone on left forming syncline with distant ridge. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date. From the US Geological Service
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damascus.jpg401 viewsThis is an early 20th century postcard.
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wallaceschool.jpg400 viewsNeedmore (Wallace) School (Courtesy of Connie Knipp)
This is Needmore School around 1918, Carrie Countiss or Emily Holloway was the teacher. FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Garnett Leonard, Moses Luther Goodson, Charles Thomas, Howard Goodson, Ester Leonard, Wilmer Mitchell, Malcom Mitchell. Second Row: Bertha Rush ( girl with braids), Rose Goodson ( face partly hidden), Stella McCracken ( showing her watch, it is 1 p.m.) Robert Leonard. Third Row: Howard McCracken, Samuel Mitchell, Gannaway Rush, William Goodson, Nellie Goodson, Ralph Goodson, Paul Goodson, Garnett, Esther,& Robert Leonard brothers & sister, Nellie & Ralph Goodson full brother & sister, Moses Luther Goodson, a half brother, Howard & Stella McCracken, brother & sister, Howard, Rose, William, & Paul Goodson, brother & sister, Wilmar, Malcom, & Samuel Mitchell, brothers, Gannaway & Bertha Rose, brother & sister.
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Meadowview - Ashton's Stage Coach Inn397 viewsPhoto by Harriet Rasnik fall 2006. Courtsy of Harriet rasnicl herasnick@comcast.net
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cmwr1.jpg396 viewsLocated near Saltville, Virginia, off Poor Valley Road. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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abingdon30.jpg395 viewsThis is taken from a 1930s postcard.
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abingdon10.jpg393 viewsFrom the People's National Bank of Abingdon, VA.
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ABingdon - The Drifters388 viewsTHE DRIFTERS / ABINGDON, VA. / JULY 28, 2007. "Under the Boardwalk at Sunset." Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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abingdon1909.jpg387 viewsTaken from an old postcard
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whitesmillabingdon.jpg377 viewsThis is from a 1950s/1960s era postcard.
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abingdon1846.jpg375 viewsThis sketch of Abingdon was first published in Henry Howe's 1846 Description of Virginia.
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